Welcome to my blog! My name is Sissi and I live in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. I am a very eclectic cook, with a distinct penchant for the Japanese cuisine. I love filling up my pantry with pickles, sauces, savoury jellies, liquors…. I have a big passion for wine and am particularly fond of Burgundy wines and German dry rieslings. I am also a big fan of shochu (焼酎), my big discovery of recent years. Like most home cooks, I have always tried to keep my recipes on paper. Putting them online is a great way to share my culinary passion with you. I hope it will push me to become more disciplined and organized, improve my cooking skills, my English, not to mention learning to properly use my camera! It’s a pleasure to read your comments, but you can also write to me at withaglass at withaglass dot com.
Dear Sissy!
Greetings!
Now, did you know I happen to be from Burgundy and that I love shochu!LOL
I will have to write about a local shochu soon!
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
Bonjour Robert-Gilles, thank you for this kind comment. It seems we have a lot in common! I saw the other day you had a website dedicated to shochu too. You are so lucky to have access to hundreds, if not thousands, of different shochu brands and varieties!
Looking forward to read your new posts about this wonderful alcohol!
I’m wondering, how do you get shochu in Swiitzerland?
I actually work for a big project for Shizuoka’s Agriculture promotion at http://agrigraph.jp/ (click on “English” on the right!
The page will be renovated into a very slick one by the 10th of May!
What are you doing in Switzerland?
Cheers,
Robert-Gilles
Actually even though I keep on complaining I can only dream of some Japanese products (pickled cherry blossoms…), I have two Japanese grocers here. They have usually about 15 different kinds of shochu and it changes, so I still keep on discovering… They have even some fresh Japanese vegetables and I even saw once yuzu!
Update: I have just seen the agriculture promotion website, it sounds like a dream job!!! I have thought it was what you wrote about during your free time. I really envy you!
Hi Sissi! I am so glad to have found your website! It’s amazing the amount of passion I can feel through your writing, and it’s always great to “meet” a fellow Foodie, especially someone who resides in a land I wish to visit some day!
I am definitely looking forward to more postings from you, Happy Cooking!
Hi Jeno, thank you for visiting my blog and thank you for this kind comment! I am also looking forward to see more of your weeknight meals. See you soon on the web or maybe one day in Switzerland
Happy Cooking to you too!
Hi, Sissi, and thank you for a wonderful treasure of recipes.
I am just about to read through your Snacks & Finger Food category because that is something I would love to learn and master.
Really great canapés can make an interesting party into a truly memorable one.
Excellent site. Very well done!
Best wishes,
Danny
Hi, Danny, welcome to my blog! Thank you so much for such a kind comment and the compliments. I am happy you like my blog. I make more and more finger food and snacks these days, especially when receiving friends. Even in a small group the atmosphere is more laid back than having a traditional dinner. On weekends, even when we don’t have guests, we often find nice cocktails or a bottle of good wine much merrier with different snacks than with just one dinner dish. I hope you’ll find here something worth trying. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or doubts.
Hello Sissy, it was nice of you to drop a comment on my blog. Thanks for the visit and I’m really glad you did. Your blog is mighty interesting! So many great categories, I’ll need some time to browse through them all. I love how creative you are with your ingredients. I definitely will be dropping by often.
Hello Ping! Thank you for your visit and such a kind and flattering message! You are always welcome here! It’s such a pleasure to read your posts and discover your recipes that I think I’ll invite myself to your blog quite often too
I have tagged you. You can read more here: http://three-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/08/gourmet-french-biodiesel-and-chocolate.html
It requires a little bit of effort, not too much, and the outcome should be interesting. I hope you can manage to find time to participate otherwise its OK.
Thank you so much, Mr. Three-Cookies! I am flattered. It will be a funny and interesting adventure!
Hi Sissi
I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence but I love the German style rieslings which thankfully we get lots of from Clare Valley in South Australia. Dry white wines are beautiful with some of the great Asian food here. I love a good Burgundy pinot noir especially with chinese roast duck which again we are fortunate there are really good ones in Sydney. Look forward to reading more of your blog!
Thank you for your kind comment! Frankly, we don’t get very good Australian wines here (at least I haven’t tasted any), only the very basic ones, so I cannot even imagine how they taste. I totally agree some white wines are great with Asian food. I only have problems with the very hot dishes, but some wines can stand those too. A good Chinese roast duck is still something I haven’t tasted yet…
I would ditch Asian food if I was living in your beautiful part of the world and I’m sure you are drinking some beautiful French reds. I find that gewurztraminer with its flowery spicy bouquet is great for spicy Asian dishes if one had to pair a white with it.
One gets bored with the European cuisine… As for the wines, you are absolutely right. The proximity of the France is very convenient
I’m not a big fan of gewürztraminer, but it’s true it usually doesn’t fear the spices.
Wow, you have so much Korean food recipes! (19 of them)
You must really love Korean food. Glad to find another Korean food enthusiast: D
Look forward to visit your site more often.
Hi, Sue. Thank you so much for the visit and the kind comment. I am a Korean cuisine enthusiast indeed, but I am still a beginner.
Hi Sissi,
I started a blog very recently, basically as an online food travelogue. While doing some extra research for my post about Cafe Gerbeaud in Budapest, I came across your lovely recipe for a traditional Zserbó . I hope you don’t mind me linking your Zserbó recipe to my post here, http://ravenousscientist.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a-perfect-evening-in-budapest-cafe.html.
Your blog is excellent! Love your openness to all sorts of cuisines. I have bookmarked the recipe for Burmese-Style Pork Curry with Ginger to try later this week (drools). Looking forward to more recipes from your site!
Hi, Eliza. Thank you very much for the compliments. I’m very flattered to have a link from your blog to my humble zserbo (I am not very proud of the way it looks and even less by the photo, but I will improve one day! It’s one of the most difficult cakes I have ever made, but so good…)
Thank you for your visit and your kind comment!
PS Burmese-style pork is one of the most unusual and sophisticated Asian dishes I have ever found! I hope you will like it too.